Chicken in Wine Sauce

A dish that will surly have the whole family together for Sunday dinner every time without fail!
 
Ingredients
 
120ml olive oil
2 kilos chicken thighs
2 onions, sliced in rounds
10-15 big mushrooms, cut in pieces
500g concentrated tomato juice
120ml red wine
Salt
2 tsp sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
Readymade chicken seasoning (or nutmeg, paprika and pepper)
2-3 bay leaves
 
Directions
 
Rinse and dry the chicken. Begin sautéing the onions in a large pot with the olive oil. Add the chicken and sauté.
 
Add the wine and let marinate for 5’-7’.  Next add the tomato juice and the mushrooms.  Mix well, adding the salt, sugar, cinnamon, chicken seasoning and bay leaves.  
 
If the meat soaks up all the liquid, add another ½ cup of water. Cover and cook for 1 hour on low flame, or if using a pressure cooker, cook for 30’.
 
Serve the chicken along with a potato casserole or fries.
 
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